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Ex-Yahoo Ryan Kuder started The Purple People Collective as a resource for newly laid-off Yahoos (and any other tech workers) looking to band together and find freelance work. The site, which launched last month, now has 100 listings including a few from ex-Yahoo potential acquirer, Microsoft.Kuder says that the site, built (Read More)
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Atherton Bartelby is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, art director, writer, blogger, and photographer. He authors a blog at Curious Affairs.We’ve all been there: You’re at a party hosted by that one fabulous friend, and populated with the best of your mutual circle of friends. The atmosphere is almost carbonat (Read More)
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When people think of the BlackBerry, they tend to think of it only in terms of enterprise users. Over the past few years it has become much more than that; a device that is easily accessible to anyone for any number of uses. One of the biggest trends on the device has been easing communication. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Apple today announced an online component to its iWork productivity suite. This, however, is not the rumored online version of iWork we were hoping for, as it only allows you to share documents online through iWork.com. After you share a document through the newly released iWork '08 desktop software, your friends and co-wor (Read More)
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Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable. The approach (Read More)
: This was a great blog on Social Media job hunting, until point 5 which will look like desperation. Point 6 is stupid advice unless you have a media career, and rate 10/10 on the Heidi Klum people scale!
ReadWriteWeb:
With tools like Dopplr, FireEagle, and BrightKite, many of us make it a regular habit to inform our contacts as to where we are and where we'll be. But sometimes, our paths of travel don't provide the most important insight: Why do we go there? TripSay hopes to change that by giving people a way to share information about t (Read More)
paidContent.org:
—Tanking job market a boon for LinkedIn : While LinkedIn laid off some 10 percent of its staff in November, the financial crisis hasn't been all bad for the business-focused social network, USA Today reports. It has seen increases in performance stats like page views (up 9 percent), invitations sent (up 10 percent), connect (Read More)